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Yehan's linguistic specialties
Jul. 1st, 2017 05:27 pmYehan is definitely in applied linguistics; if she had gone in for theoretical, she would have become a Nirai. She has a well-trained ear for phonological distinctions and is very good at replicating them, but she finds the study of phonology uninteresting. Likewise, the more logistical side of syntax bores her to tears. Morphology, semantics, and pragmatics, on the other hand, have always come naturally to her.
Her real interest lies in sociolinguistics. While she has a soft spot for historical linguistics, most of her work for the Shuos consisted of media stylistics and discourse analysis, puzzling out the intricate social implications of people's speech and providing suggestions for the improvement of propaganda. In particular, before she joined the rebellion, she had been working for some time on a project dedicated to analyzing minority languages' strategies of bridging the gap between their languages' unique tenses and the structure of the high calendar in hopes of developing more sophisticated methods of predicting and detecting calendrical rot. Unluckily for the hexarchate, this study was what ultimately led to her rebelling.
Since joining the rebellion, she's been trying to work on her cryptography skills. She lacks the mathematical finesse to handle much of modern cryptography, but she's determined to work with the more skilled cryptographers to do what she can. She's also convinced that her work with minority languages could be helpful in building alliances, and besides, even rebels need propaganda.
Her real interest lies in sociolinguistics. While she has a soft spot for historical linguistics, most of her work for the Shuos consisted of media stylistics and discourse analysis, puzzling out the intricate social implications of people's speech and providing suggestions for the improvement of propaganda. In particular, before she joined the rebellion, she had been working for some time on a project dedicated to analyzing minority languages' strategies of bridging the gap between their languages' unique tenses and the structure of the high calendar in hopes of developing more sophisticated methods of predicting and detecting calendrical rot. Unluckily for the hexarchate, this study was what ultimately led to her rebelling.
Since joining the rebellion, she's been trying to work on her cryptography skills. She lacks the mathematical finesse to handle much of modern cryptography, but she's determined to work with the more skilled cryptographers to do what she can. She's also convinced that her work with minority languages could be helpful in building alliances, and besides, even rebels need propaganda.
